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¹æ°æ¼÷ ( Bang Kyung-Sook ) - Seoul National University College of Nursing Research Institute of Nursing Science
¹Ú¼ºÈñ ( Park Sung-Hee ) - Kunsan National University Department of Nursing °ÇöÁÖ ( Kang Hyun-Ju ) - Bucheon University Department of Nursing
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate the Korean version of the TNO-AZL Preschool Children Quality of Life (TAPQOL) questionnaire for children aged 18?60 months.
Methods: The participants were 223 mothers of healthy children from nurseries and kindergartens, and 54 mothers of hospitalized children from a university children¡¯s hospital in Korea. Data were collected in 2011. Principal component factor analysis and known-groups method were used to confirm construct validity, and internal consistency was used to determine reliability.
Results: According to the factor analysis, 11 factors with an eigenvalue over 1 were extracted, and these factors explained 73.5% of the variance. All dimensions except two had Cronbach¡¯s alpha coefficients greater than .7. The mean TAPQOL scores of the hospitalized group were significantly lower than those of the healthy group (p=.001) for all four functions (physical, emotional, social, and cognitive).
Conclusions: The TAPQOL showed acceptable validity and reliability, and can be used to measure children¡¯s health-elated quality of life in Korea, and can be considered for use in other Asian countries.
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KeyWords
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Quality of life, Translations, Reliability and Validity, Children
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